JOHN DAVIS - 'PURE NIGHT PLUS'

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• SHR203 - 2xCDs

  767870663826

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John Davis’s earliest recordings on Shrimper are being reissued in conjunction with Davis’s Inundation label (which issued his instrumental record Gnawing On The Bone last year). This double CD includes his debut cassette (Stars & Songs, 1993), 7-inch EP (R.I.P., D.I.Y., 1993) and LP (Pure Night, 1994), along with a four song EP that was originally tucked into a split single with Sandra Bell, (Instress Vol. 1, 1995) and seven bonus tracks, six of them unreleased. New extensive liner notes by John Davis and Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches explore Davis’s beginnings in The Palace Brothers and the bridge that would lead him to The Folk Implosion. The original recordings have been remastered from the master tapes by engineer and producer Matt Pence. The original artwork by Davis and his sister Theo has been tracked down and lovingly rendered here, merging with unreleased photographs in a six page eco-pack with a sixteen page booklet. These fifty stark and intimate home recordings are out of place and out of time, as unable to date with carbon as those of Moondog, Harry Partch, Annette Peacock and other one person bands of gold. These timeless melodies would go on to influence a generation of songwriters, and are presented here in all of their minimal glory. Revolver USA carries more releases by John Davis; please ask your salesperson for details. • Comprehensive collection of early recordings by influential minimalist songwriter who went from The Palace Brothers to the Folk Implosion • Liner notes by Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches 

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CD1 1. Pure Night 2. No One Around 3. You?re With Me / Wedding Bell Tunes 4. Hey, You Don?t Say 5. To Care Today 6. Where You Shouldn?t Be 7. Don?t Let It 8. Love You I 9. Hey Cheeky 10. Like The Water 11. Our World, Brained 12. Windy 13. Angel I Drive / Tongued In The Mouth 14. Angels Surround 15. Here The Pretty Things Come 16. Breathe In You 17. Blind Love 18. River Boat 19. Into The Sunset 20. Over Nothing 21. 6 Shooters & Canyons CD2: 1. Not Long For This World 2. There?s No Judgement Day 3. Yes, You 4. Blonde Downtown 5. Slit Lip Glass Lady 6. The Countryside And The Second Sun 7. I Remember The Angels 8. You?re In My Dream 9. Baby, Baby 10. To Do 11. Open The Canvas 12. Sun St. 13. Loud Are The Cherry Trees 14. Not Long For This World 15. World On Fire 16. Hot Air 17. The News 18. Glass 19. Saturday Night Fever 20. Headed Home For A Ride 21. Leave Home 22. The Mind Is Filled 23. I Had A Dream I Was Down By The Ocean 24. New York City 25. Christmas Day 26. I Hear Bells 27. Recall 28. Follow Up, Follow Down 29. Waiting For My Wife

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POPULATION II - 'A LA O TERRE'

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• CF125 - LP

  767870664588

• CF125CD - CD

  767870664595

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Introducing Population II Blazing through the stratosphere Boiling up from beneath the sea Hanging in the air like smoke These elemental tunes drift and fluctuate, at one with the air, over extreme heat Population II has beamed out of Quebec with a mind melting debut of hard psych freckled with punk sentiment Both old school and timeless These young humans rip They are impressive in their live actions and this album captures this raw energy on wax Produced by Manu from the great band Chocolat A very high bar has been set, indeed. Fluid, tough, and over-saturated this album is bound to please fans of the label and new-comers alike reminiscent of Amon Duul, early Pink Floyd, Kollektiv, Laurence Vanay, Les Olivensteins, early Kraftwerk, even a touch of the Kinks.

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1. Introspection
2. Ce n?est R?ve
3. Les Vents
4. L?Offrande
5. La Nuit
6. Il eut une Silence dans le Ciel
7. Attraction
8. La Danse
9. ? la Porte de Demain
10. Je Laisse le Soleil Briller

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LOAVER - 'FERN'

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• RLR016 - LP

  634457030794

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Loaver is the solo project by Malmö, Sweden based Linnea Hall. The debut album ‘Fern’ is a record that sees Loaver develop her creative pop and experimenting with trip hop, singer-songwriter, dream pop, jazz and bedroom pop elements that together with Hall’s splendid vocals and personal lyrics create a hauntingly beautiful soundscape. Following 2019 years self-titled debut EP, it’s an album that’s packed with highly unique and instantly memorable tracks, like the slow burner ‘Bloom With Me’, the shapeshifting ‘Forget All About’ and captivating ‘Apart’. ‘Fern’ comes out on black vinyl limited to 200 copies. Besides Loaver, Linnea Hall is the singer of Swedish experimental indie rock group Kluster B. The band have put out two records since 2018 and have received praise from Line of Best Fit, BBC Radio 6, NBHAP and more, with The Revue calling them one of the most innovative bands in the world as well as opened for Frankie Cosmos, Omni and more. “This feels like a step forward for Loaver, an already intriguing songwriter taking their music up a level and marking Fern out as one of the year’s most exciting upcoming releases.” - For The Rabbits

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1. The Bear, 2. Forget All About, 3. Bloom With Me, 4. Devil Eyes, 5. Devotion, 6. Apart, 7. F?rspel, 8. Dr?mmeri (om d?den), 9. For Medea, 10. Songs We Use

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KING KHAN - 'THE INFINITE ONES'

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• EJRCKK178014 - LP

  0600064797917

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Sometimes a work of art comes unintentionally from a place from deep within the soul. It meanders and flops onto a table and sits and waits for its birth. The album begins with "Wait Till The Stars Burn", a planetary ode to the Sun. The second track "Tribute to the Pharoahs Den", is a requiem for Danny Ray Thompson (R.I.P.) of the Sun Ra Arkestra, his music and legacy now floating above us in the infinity of space. Both tracks and featuring Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott (of the Sun Ra Arkestra). The album ends with a requiem for Hal Willner (R.I.P.) whose devotion to celebrating the weird and insane was like an insatiable thirst leading to deep introspection and joy in harmony and sonic dissidence. These compositions have all come from this place inside my bipolar, seroquil ridden mind. It is as much a tribute to the great composers who have inspired me; Alice Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Philip Kelan Cohran, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, John Carpenter, Quincy Jones, Old Bollywood, Film Noir, to name just a few. In my 23 years of being a composer of music I have had the great opportunity to score several films all of which never got any commercial fame. These films were made from the blood and sweat of film directors and their crews who tirelessly made incredible documents that were ultimately ignored by humanity. But that never stopped them nor will it stop me. These tracks are from the infinite celluloid that runs deep in my mind, body and soul. In my lifetime i never thought i would see the deaths of "Celluloid" or "analog recording". I refuse to accept the coroner reports on said fatalities, so here is my offering to the canon of cinematic overtures and analog self-preservation, for the films in our heads yet to be made.

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01. WAIT TILL THE STARS BURN 02. TRIBUTE TO THE PHARAOH'S DEN 03. (WHITE NILE) FLOWS THROUGH MEMPHIS 04. A HARD RAIN'S GOTTA FALL 05. THEME OF YAHYA 06. MISTER MYSTERY 07. XANGO RISING 08. THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW 09. TRAIL OF TEARS 10. FOLLOW THE MANTIS 11. HAL

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File under:
Jazz / Interstellar space jazz / Avant-garde Jazz
feat. Marshall Allen & Knoel Scott (Sun Ra Arkestra) and John Convertino & Martin Wenk (Calexico)

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ALISON COTTON - 'ONLY DARKNESS NOW'

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• CFUL181 - LP

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Here is the second solo LP by the wonderful London-based singer/multi-instrumentalist Alison Cotton. Originally issued on cassette by the mighty Bloxham Tapes, just about everyone who heard Only Darkness Now suggested it might make for an excellent LP. And hey -- they were right. Alison’s debut LP ‘All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre’ received wide ranging critical acclaim from placing in the Guardians Writers Album Of The Year to placing in the Quietus Albums of the Year. Ms. Cotton has a storied past performing with Saloon and The Eighteenth Day of May, and she still may be found doing likewise with The Left Outsides. And don't get me wrong -- those are all great bands, but solo work allows Alison to follow different and often darker paths through the forest of sound. Of which this album is a perfect example. ‘Only Darkness Now’ begins with a sidelong instrumental track, “Behind the Spiderweb Gate,” during which Cotton displays her immense drone chops, organizing rich, thick layers of viola, Omnichord and voice into the soundtrack for a totally immersive trip. The effect is such that Seconds become minutes and as time stretches till eventually, in the peak, time ceases to have any meaning whatsoever - a beautiful state to be transported too as everything slows down. You could spend a whole year listening to this one. The second side starts with “In Solitude I Will Fade Away,” a collage of Alison's voice, twinned and then some. It's short and sweet with just a little drumming to move things along. “How My Heart Bled in Bleeding Heart Yard” brims with as much longing as it title suggests. It opens with a long instrumental passage, emphasizing the human pace of a harmonium's breath patterns, soon joined by a viola, also offering tones of a very human quality. All of this swells into a chorale of immense and mournful depth before being joined by Nico-like vocals that raise a wordless alarm. ”The Hill Was Hollow” is a short mystery for percussion and violin. Unravel at your own peril. Finally there is “Shirt of Lace.” This is a studio recording of one of Alison's regular live covers. The song is by the late Dorothy Carter (a visionary American musician whose work bridged experimental and medieval musics) and Cotton's version is a sheer blast -- her vocals curling and twisting high above a supple bed of key drones, string plucks and sliding arco passageways. Wow, what a great record. It's one of the the very few albums I can name that matches the cold fire of Nico's Marble Index and it does so without taking a single step that isn't purely Alison's own. Prepare your record shelf to deal with a miracle. Only Darkness Now. (Byron Coley)

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ALIEN MUSTANGS - 'BEAT OF THE EARTH'

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• CFUL186 - LP

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Cardinal Fuzz and Little Cloud Records are delighted to bring to you for your listening pleasure – Alien Mustangs – ‘Beat Of The Earth’. Emanating sonically (and physically) from Thessaloniki, Greece, the band has been crafting its unique blend of '60s-flavored, hypnotic, space-psych trippiness since 2013, releasing their debut LP "Alienation" in 2018 (on the always great Sound Effect Records) - this follow up 'Beat Of The Earth' is a shimmering wash of the most lysergic, cosmic and melodic music to have reached out ears so far in 2020. Their mutant psych / space hybrid is deeply rooted in sixties garage, and while still paying tribute to their influences,(((Loop))), Spacemen 3, The 13th Floor Elevators and The Stooges, ‘Beat Of The Earth’ has a Teutonic beauty that brings to mind Harmonia. Opening tracks ‘Sound Of No Future’ and ‘Fairy Meadows’ are both super- kosmische space rock epics where Alien Mustangs create an alluring, thick miasma that practically invites you to lose your bearings in their incandescent, the hallucinogenic cosmic glory. On the flip over and we get Alien Mustangs in a fuzzed up Stooges pounding strung out guitar grind, where tidal waves of guitar drones detonate in your mind, Hawkwind inspired freak flag wildness flies with an added dose of motoric krautadelia. ‘Beat Of The Earth touches down gently with he lilting ‘Waiting The Dawn’ – a track that shimmers and glides with serene beauty as you melt blissfully into the ether of its serene beauty

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MUGSTAR - 'GRAFT'

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• CFUL167 - LP

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Cardinal Fuzz (Europe) & Centripetal Force (North America) are excited to announce the upcoming release of Mugstar’s GRAFT. UK space rockers Mugstar have been hurtling through the sonic multiverse since 2003 and have left an extensive discography in their wake. Early on, the band caught the attention of the late John Peel, taking part in one of the last editions of his famed Peel Sessions. From there, the band has compiled an impressive run of releases and solidified their reputation for powerfully hypnotic live performances (most recently seen on their latest live LP with legendary CAN shamen - Damo Suzuki). After experimenting with longer form compositions on 2016’s Magnetic Seasons (Rock Action Records), GRAFT’s six song journey sees Mugstar return to a more focused work ethic, a move resulting in a sound that is fraught with tension and caters to one of their biggest strengths, the ability to consistently create, sustain, and, ultimately, diffuse drama. This is an effect well-executed on tracks like “Zeta Potential” and “Star Cage.” And even on an album where a tighter approach was a priority, Mugstar still finds plenty of room to improvise and allow for creative exploration, as illustrated on “Ghost of a Ghost” and “Low, Slow Horizon.” Looking back at Mugstar’s catalog, it is remarkable to see the path they have travelled and how GRAFT continues their bold advance into the future. We think you'll agree.

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